Even when the Galaxy Nexus was delayed, we had still heard all about retail stores receiving their stocks in advance; there’s no such action with the Droid 4. That’s not to say that the phone still couldn’t go up for sale tomorrow  maybe Verizon will announce that orders are open via direct fulfillment, and the stores won’t need stocks on-hand  but that’s just speculation at this point.

Droid-life, mulling over the lack of retail buzz that might indicate a coming launch, has shared a couple rumors it heard but wasn’t previously sure what to make of. After all, things looked so strongly like a December 22 launch that a few unsubstantiated claims of a delay until February sounded unlikely. There’s still nothing that directly supports them, but if the Droid 4 doesn’t in fact arrive tomorrow, that’s definitely a new launch window worth considering.